Talking-toy mechanism.



L. V. ARONSON.

Patented May 25, 1915.

5! mm mm Louis v. anonsoiv, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 25, 1915.

Application filed September 19, 1914. Serial No. 862,425.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS V. Anoivson, a

citizen of the United'States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of'Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain-new and useful Improvements in Talking-Troy Mechanism, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in socalled talking toys, andmore particularly to mechanism for controlling the character of the sound to be emitted thereby.

It has for its object to simplify such mechanism and reduce its cost, as well as to and Fig.3 is an end elevation.

Similar characters of reference designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawmgs, 10 des1gnates a bellows,'11 being the basefmember there-- 22. As control piece 20 is thus moved, flap of and 12 the movable member and the said members being normally held indistended position by ,means of a spring 13, as is well understood. The bellows adapted to besuitably secured in position within the body of the toy (not shown);and' the movable member actuated by pressing upon some' portion of the'toy, all j'ofewhicli is wellunderstood and-forms no part 'ofuthe present invention, which has for itsobject the con I trol of the character and duration of the sound emitted when the said bellows is be ing compressed. Tothe upper surface of the movable member 12 of the bellows there is attached the usual reed pipe 15 which communicates with the interior thereof and one end of which extends into asound box 16 provided with an orifice 17 permanently open to the atmosphere and with a second orifice l8 normally closed by means of a flap 19 pivotally mounted upon the top of said box 16. By opening this latter orifice,

through the movement of. the said flap 19,, the character of the sound emitted will be varied, as is well understood; and the duration of such variation as well'as the particular succession of the sounds may be controlled to suitthe desired toy. To operate the said flap, a control piece or member 20 is pivoted to the end of base member 11 of the bellows and extends upwardly and slightly beyond the upper and movable member 12 thereof. At its-upper end, it is connected by means of a link 21 to the said flap 19, whereby by moving outwardly said control piece the fiap may be raised. Normally, however, the flap is maintained in position to'close the orifice 18 as bymeans of a spr1pg22 bearing thereon. 'lhe. inward mot ofi'of the control piece, to admit of the 'properclosing of:the orifice 18, is arrested by the movable member 12 of'the bellows or, preferably, by an actuating piece or member 23 which is attached thereto and is arranged erate with the same. ihe latter, moreover, 1s provided Wlth' a series of projections 24: and 25, .for example two, arranged between ating piece 23 as the bellows is compressed, are adapted to throw the control piece 20 outwardly, as indicated 1n dotted lines, Fig.

19 is, through link 21, correspondingly raised and will effect the desired variation in the character of the sound emitted; and the duration of this new tone will depend upon the relative length of the various pro- Jections Qel-and 25.

' A very simple and effective mechanismis hereby afi'orded for a positive control of the sound emitted; and, moreover, the same is sufficiently substantial to. withstand the usual rough treatment encountered by toys in which such mechanism is employed.

1. Sound controlling device for talking toys, comprising: a reed pipe'orthe like provided with an orifice, and a suitable bellowscarrying said reed pipe and adapted to operate the same; a spring pressed .flap normally closing said orifice; a control piece pivotally attached to the'stationary memberof said bellows and provided w'.ithinwardly directed projections; an operating-rod to coable member of saidbellows transversely to transverselyto said control piece to coiip- 1 said control piece; and a'link connecting the free-end of said control piece With said flap. .2. Sound controlling device for talking toys, comprising: 'a suitable bellows, and a 5 spring attached at the sides of the top and bottom of: said bellows and normally dis tending the same; -a reed pipe or the like provided With an orifice and adapted to be operated by the said bellows, being carried 4 1 0 by the top of the same; a spring pressed flap normally closing said orifice; a control piece pivotally attached at one end to the front of the bottom member of said bellows and provided with inwardly directed projections; 15 an operating rod to cooperate therewith and v y 'Lonisy. ARONSON. lVi-tnesses:

ALEXANDER Harms, 

